I'm a Filipino, and I have been working as a journalist for the past 14 years here. I currently cover the electronic gaming scene for Playground Magazine. I have been a tech reporter for the past six years. I am married with two kids.

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There is a school of thought that says two is one and one is none. I first heard this from the movie G.I. Jane. It may be a movie, but since I seriously got into the knife collecting and survivalist culture I realized that a lot of experts and sources actually advocate this kind of thinking.

I've always wanted a CRKT Bear Claw since I saw it long ago. I was into knives and martial weapons since I was a kid, but when I saw a hawkbill blade somewhere and then eventually learned of the Bear Claws and then the Karambit, i knew I wanted one of each.

But what happened was I skipped the Bear Claw as I couldn't find any here in the Philippines. I was able to find a Karambit quickly enough, A Mantis Cinq3, then I found a decent hawkbill blade, a knockoff…

I've decided to be more active here on iKnifeCollector. So, to start with, I posted five new photo albums including shots of me taking apart a CRKT Russ Kommer Bear Claw that I got as a gift from Nino Lopez of X. O. Knives.